An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Skeletal Frequencies of the Paraffin Hydrocarbons and the Far Infra‐Red Spectrum of Carbon Tetrachloride

Abstract

The far infra‐red spectra of the paraffin hydrocarbons and of carbon tetrachloride have been investigated. The following bands were located: propane at 370.6 cm−1, n‐butane at 215 cm−1, and carbon tetrachloride at 315 cm−1, the latter showing isotope structure. The contours of the following near infra‐red bands for n‐butane were surveyed, and some fine structure was revealed: 1342.9 cm−1, 1295.6 cm−1, 1135.6 cm−1, 956.5 cm−1, and 740.0 cm−1. The assignment of the skeletal frequencies of vibration is made, and a theoretical analysis of the skeletal normal frequencies, assuming a valence potential for the molecules propane through pentane, is given.